Re: [PATCH RFC V2 4/6] time: introduce leap second functional interface

[John Stultz]

On 05/18/2012 07:09 AM, Richard Cochran wrote:
> This patch adds a new private leap second interface for use by the NTP
> code. In addition to methods for starting and ending leap seconds, the
> interface provides a way to get the correct UTC time of day even during
> a leap second.
>
> Signed-off-by: Richard Cochran<richardcochran@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>   kernel/time/leap-seconds.h |   21 +++++++
>   kernel/time/timekeeping.c  |  129 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>   2 files changed, 150 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>   create mode 100644 kernel/time/leap-seconds.h
>
> diff --git a/kernel/time/leap-seconds.h b/kernel/time/leap-seconds.h
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..3dea7b0
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/kernel/time/leap-seconds.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
> +/*
> + * linux/kernel/time/leap-seconds.h
> + *
> + * Functional interface to the timekeeper code,
> + * for use by the NTP code.
> + *
> + */
> +#ifndef __LINUX_KERNEL_TIME_LEAP_SECONDS_H
> +#define __LINUX_KERNEL_TIME_LEAP_SECONDS_H
> +
> +#include<linux/time.h>
> +
> +int timekeeping_gettod_status(struct timespec *ts, time_t *offset);
> +
> +void timekeeping_delete_leap_second(void);
> +
> +void timekeeping_finish_leap_second(void);
> +
> +void timekeeping_insert_leap_second(void);
> +
> +#endif

Why not just add these to time.h?

thanks
-john

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